Benjamin dickenson



TRUNK.

Patented May 8, 1894.

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BENJAMIN DIcKENsoN, oF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 519,569,dated May 8,1894. i

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Be it known that LBENJAMIN DIoKENsoN, of the c1ty, county, and StateofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Trunk, of which thefollowingis a tull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in trunks and particularly to thatsort of trunks whlch are provided with removable drawers.

The obgect of my invention is to produce a trunk of this kind having thedrawers easily removable, and having an automatic fastenlng device whichis arranged inside the trunk, so that it cannot be tampered with and isnot exposed 1nl a Way to be broken, and which 1s automatically operatedby the opening and closlng of the trunk lid, the closing of the lidoperating the fastening device to lock the drawers and the opening ofthe lid releasing them.

lTo these ends my invention consists of certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawlngs, forminga part ofthis specification, 1n which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the trunk embodying my invention,showing the lid thrown open and the drawers unlocked. Fig. 2 1s a crosssection of the trunk with the lid open. Fig. 3 is abroken longitudinalsection with the lid closed. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of thelocking mechanism of the trunk, and Fig. 5 is abroken cross sectionIlllustrating an inside view of the trunk provided with a modied form ofthe fastening device. The trunk body may be made in any usual way and isof rectangular shape, its back being higher than its front, as shown at11 1n Fig. 2, and to this back portion is hinged the lid 12 which isadapted to swing downward and close the trunk, the lid being shaped, sothat its lower edge meets the top edge of the tr-unk body in front ofthe raised portion 11 and thus, when the lid is closed the top of thetrunk is perfectly level and the sides of the lid will not protrude. Thesides of the; 11d have, near their lower edges, a flange 13 which isadapted to close over the topl portion of the trunk when the lid isshut, and this ange protects the joint at the meeting edges of the lidand trunk.

The trunk is provided with drawers 14 which slide on supports 15 in thecustomary manner, and which are et into the trunk so=that when closedtheir edges are flush with the trunk face, as shown at 16 in Fig. 1, andto protect the ends of the drawers and also strengthen the trunk, cleats17 are arranged at the corners, as shown in Fig. 1.

The lid 12 is connected with the trunk body by meansof the usual links18 as well as by the hinges, and the lower ends of the lower links 18are pivoted tothe lock bars 19 which are arranged verticallyfat the endsof the trunk and on the inner side, sliding rbehind the supports 15,each lock bar having at the top an outwardly-extending lug 2O adaptedt'o lie in the recess 21in the top edge of the `trunk,'so that when thebar is depressed the lug will not interfere with the lid, while on theinner side of each locking bar at a point adjacent to the upper edges ofthe drawers are inwardly-projecting lugs 22 which, when the bars aredepressed, engage recesses 23in the top edges of the drawers,thuslocking the drawers, and which, when the locking bars are raised,enter the recesses 24 in the guides or supports 15 so as to'permit thefree sliding of the drawers. It will be seen that-when the lid isclosed, the linksl 18 push down the locking bars 19 so as to cause thelugs 22 to engage the drawers, and consequently the drawers are securelylocked, while when .the lid is raised the lockingbar is raised so as torelease the lugs from the drawers and thus the locking and unlocking ofthe drawers are rendered automatic. l

In Fig. 5 I have shown a modified form of my improved locking device inwhichthe locking bar 19 is not connected with the links 18, but is heldnormally raised bya spring 25 arranged beneath the lug and iny a recess26 inthe top edge of the trunk. The lug 2O is in the path of the lid 12,so that when the lid is closed, the locking bar is depressed and thedrawers locked, as` described, and when the lid is opened the springraises the locking bar and releases the drawers. Thus -when IOO Thecombination, with the trunk having a swinging 1id,the drawershavingrecesses in their upper edges and the drawer supports having recessesopposite the recesses of the drawers, of the vertically movable lockingbar having integral side lugs to enter the aforesaid recesses, andlinksconnecting the lockingbar with the trunk lid,substantially as described.zo

y BENJAMIN DICKENSON.

Witnesses:

WARREN B. HUTCHINSON, C. SEDGWICK.

